EC steps in as IAS-IPS spat gets ugly

The IAS-IPS spat in Uttar Pradesh took an ugly turn on Sunday when a delegation of the UP IPS Association met the UP cabinet secretary to demand the removal of IAS officer basti division commissioner Anurag Srivastava.

The commissioner had reportedly ‘misbehaved’ with Siddhartanagar SP Mohit Gupta during an election related meeting of officials. The IAS officer reportedly showed the door to the SP and made some derogatory remarks.

The matter came to the notice of the EC which transferred Mohit Gupta as well as V Chaitra, the Siddhartanagar district magistrate (DM) as the spat had actually started between the DM and the SP.

The IPS officer, after being humiliated, sought the help of the UP IPS Officers’ Association, which demanded the immediate transfer of the bureaucrat.

A delegation of IPS officers also met the chief electoral officer Umesh Sinha, demanding removal of the IAS officer. The state government has set up a committee to probe the incident.